Shannon Garrick

Undergraduate Degree: B.A. in Biology: Catawba College & M.S. in General Biology: Central Connecticut State University.

Public Health Interests: Environmental Health, Infectious Diseases, Vector Borne Diseases.

Public Health Experience: I did an internship at Cabarrus Health Alliance with Chrystal Swinger (2016); thesis focus was on social media and tickborne diseases.

Why did I chose the UNC Charlotte MPH program: To complement my other masters degree and open up new career opportunities

About Me: I have a wide range of interests including: learning about diseases and genetics, nature, working out/exploring, drawing/photography, education, and traveling! I worked in a dual language/Spanish immersion magnet school for 4+ years and advanced my knowledge of Spanish. Although I have dyslexia, I love learning new languages! I have high intermediate understanding of Spanish and am learning Yiddish – which has Hebrew characters, variety of language sounds, and is read left to right (This is the language my ancestors spoke when they arrived in the United States and is a “dying” language).